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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton has always been to Obama's left on economics [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)It's one thing to support raising the minimum wage, and a good thing, but she's also voted a bad bankruptcy bill widely acknowledged to have been written by credit card companies and banks. So, yeah, you're right about the inconsistencies, but Bernie has been in elected office for far longer than Clinton was, and his record on economic issues is wholly consistent.
In addition, her close connections on Wall Street and within corporate America are troublesome. It's simply a fact that money equals access and access as we all know, is not without influence.
Some of us really are concerned that HRC, good as she may be on social issues, is far less credible on economic issues, and for that matter, foreign policy. I didn't know much about the 2009 Honduran coup and her support for the engineers of it until I read an article about it a few days ago. Then I started researching it and what I discovered was not reassuring.
As HRC will likely be our nominee, I wish I could trust her on issues outside social issues and civil rights. I don't see that she's earned that.